"I repair shoes, sir. I mend bad soles. If you are feeling bad, I can fix you." What literary device is this

How does the passage above relect the typical plot that appears in travel narratives?

What is the effect of the word choice in the phrase "every house and window and lamppost and big and little sign by heart" in paragraph 2 of the passage of "a cub pilot? "a. it makes the example easy to understandb. it creates a sense of absurdityc. it gives the paragraph a sarcastic toned. it downplays the narrator's intelligence

When gatsby ask nick what your opinion of me what is nick thinking about him